Self-closing faucet.



11. T. MARSH.

SELF CLOSI NG FAUCET.

APPLICATION HLED AUG.24 I916- Patefited July 31, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG.24, l9l6. 1,235,221. v Patented July 31, 1917 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JOHN "1. MARSH, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

SELF-CLOSING- FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917..

Application filed August 24, 1916. Serial No. 116,67

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN T. MARSH, a

citizen of the United States, residing at #306 West Eighth street, Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Closing Faucets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification.

The invention relates to faucets and particularly to self-closing faucets and the object of the improvement is to provide a simply and strongly constructed faucet having' more complete control of and better adaptation in handling liquids; and the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts as shown in this specification and accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims. I

In the drawings, Figure 1. is a side elevation of the improved faucet showing the spring lever for opening the same and the bib. for the water to pass through. Fig. 2. is a perspective view of the barrel for the operating spring having holes through which the liquid flows to the bib or spout. Fig. 3. is an elevation of the arm for controlling, in connection with other parts, the extent of opening of the spring pressed valve of the faucet; and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 5. is a vertical sectional view of the faucet showing the construction and arrangement of the parts within the faucet, the movement of the handle in opening the faucet being shown in dotted outline. Fig. 6. is a perspective View of the valve seat tube for the spring pressed valve. Fig. 7. is a perspective view of the valve on the lower end of the plunger or valve stem. Fig. 8. is a perspectiv view of the strainer barrel in a vertical position; and Fig. 9 is a similar view of said strainer barrel in the horizontal position. Fig. 10. is a perspective view of the-supporting bracket for the operating lover or handle and to which said lever is pivotally attached.

Like characters of reference apply to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 designates the metallic barrel or casing of the faucet, which is cast with a lengthwise opening 11 extending downthrough the same and the bib or spout 12. extending out therefrom with the tubular opening 13 communicating with the central opening 11.

A shoulder 14 is provided in the inner wall of the opening 11 just below the entrance of the bib opening 13 as a seat for the double ended tubular valve seat 16, said tube 16 having a flange 15 which iits upon the shoulder 14 with a soft packing 17 The valve seat tube 16 extends out each way from a central flange 15 about an equal. distance so that either end of said tube can he used as a valve seat 18, thus when one end becomes impaired the tube can be turned end for end thereby presenting a new and perfect valve seat 18 for the valve 19 on the valve stem 20. The valve stem 20 is threaded on its outer surface to receive the looking nuts for the valve 19. so as to hold said valve at any desired point on said valve stem 20 in adjusting the position of said valve 19 to the valve seat 18 so as to insure the closing of the valve.

The valve stem 20 is a continuation of the plunger rod 21 which is pivotally attached to the handle 22 at 23 to raise and lower said plunger 21 by means of the handle 22 and has the flange 21 thereon within the barrel. The handle 22 is pivotally attached to a bracket 25 at 26 by means of a suitable pin through the lugs 24 thereby holding said handle 22 in line and providing a strong attachment therefor. The bracket 25 extends out in the horizontal lower portion with an opening 27 to receive the nut 28 therein, the downwardly projecting por tion of the nut 28 being threaded to engage a similar threaded portion. in the upper end of the barrel 10 thereby holding the bracket 25 firmly upon the top of the barrel 10 and closing said top. The nut 28 has packing 29 to prevent leakage and an opening 30 therethrough. for the plunger 21.

The nut 28 also bears against the upper end of a tube 31 within the faucet barrel 10 above and against the flange 15 thereby holding said tube 31 firmly in position within the barrel opening 11. The tube 31 has a series of openings 33 in line with the bib opening 13 to permit the water to pass up through the tube 16 into the tube 31 and out through the openir g 33 into the bib or spout opening 13. A plurality of openings 33, are preferably provided in the barrel 31 in order to insure an opening 33 in line with the mouth of the bib opening 13 without special adjustment the tube 31 so shat said. opening 33 will register with the opening 1, The tube 31 contains a coil spring 32 which hears against she plunger flange 21' at its upper end and against the flange l5 ao its lower end to holii the valve 19 firmly against the valve seat 18 thereby also liokli the hzuutlle 22 in its normal posiolou for 3 11 3111211 depression li'l order to the valve 19 and permit the water to flow through said valve.

A strainer barrel 34- is attached to the valve seat tube 16, the-outer periphery of both ends of the valve tube 16 being threaded to receive the inner tlireafleclbarrel 34 end firmly attach said barrel to the lower of L. e valve seat tube 1G. The barrel which houses the valve 1 has an opening at the lower end for the lower end of the v r 20 to hold Saul valve stem in line 0 that the valve stem 20 may Work upward ,nel 'elve The lamer end of the barrel Bl preferably Without perforations so as to force the Water to flow up around the barrel to the pevforutions so in u sides. By this r1 .u! the water Will he simlued as it the barrel 3-iand then up zilve seat. tube 16 into the out fluxough she bib 12 Wl1eu- "or the h: 1 1

e le is deo esseil. The de- "um of t c handle it Will be noticed Yulve l9 swdjg' from the valve lhv permitting the flow of hill?- xgzh the valve. l e spring: 32 I s e valve bF-(fhf to seat and holds it upon vslw; it soon as the pressure is removed from i'he luuiclle in or to coutsol the low of through foe bib 12 and pur 'culezly to provide for :1 con tinuous flow on Fermi Sea-sous of the year an arm 3? is provided on :fihe preferably h means of a screw Mic water (:onuoeiion which poifi'uils the i'eiuovol oi the min 37 when m use is not desired.

A screw is bliiemleil in the upper eml of she arm 37 and beers in on opening -10 in ll. t er side of the handle 22 lii'eoly 1 phlegm nouns This s"- 1 psi-mus the the val o 00.10115; that the inner tubule? luur'el 3i might he a COi'lil'illlilhlbR oil the out 29 'iout departing from my invention. It is prefer: hha however, to make them separate from one another one this i'eduees (he cost and also permits the quick and easy placing of the uhc Si 5 hut 1m registers with the opeiiug It is also appzu'cut that when the sop nut 28 is unscrewed from the main barrel 3/) all downward with the plunger 21 and.

opeui ug 33 i the working parts vincluding the glue ancl handle 22 with hracket 25, and auwith spring 32, and. valve seat tube 1 strainer 3% and Valve 19mm be Wit from the barrel 10 for repair, (IL- or cleaning. Also that these parts i a assembled efore insertion in the berm-i anal slink, when inserted and the emni: is sex-seed to place so that it h 31 firmly against the flange l3 1'? on the shoulder 14, all of aid ps1 v be operatively placed ready for ecu-on llhile removed from the faucet barre-l 10 iille handle may be placed-Lin any ch position or direction in relation to said rel 10 after which the nut is sore billing in turned lhereto, not turning or W0 consequence any slight impeiu'ectioii in ssi valve seek 18 becomes impressed upon valve 19 at the one poiui and these is ls likelihood of leek-age or impair eh valve than fi'llOl'B changed or turned or ullowcfl 5,. fx'om on emu-i;- se iug on soul solve nuiuer waning .55 insures this pe l iueui oi Lhe lower esul of the ssh?- it slinlnhly moves upward illlfl (lC-W Ward tlu'ougli said opening It ulso found that the strainer 'veuis foreign mutter, such as pipe c pings, grit, 0M2. euhiiiug the valve or lodging against shevalve .5) tliei'eh 1 pairing {he surface of. sum 'vulYe 19 n.. f. musing" leakage. The pei'lorutimis feiuhlg' unite minute tluu'ehy (loin vi h the necessity of attaching a ,illkl' on the end of the spout- O1 bio or high water pressure the stmiuei 5 i reducing \ulve, giving u more even onu flow through the Jib or spout 0' 3 l3, ilmehy tending to overcome w hauuueriug in he pipes.

lit will he seen that; the WELlZQI' works i SDllllg and airls J elosins; of tl e 19 since the p11, om migei' iu the barrel 10 is igoii 1 7h lmver sicle'oi the valve 19 thereby pi i against the valve seat 18. I claim as new: 1. A self closing faucet compels m-et lJZU'l'Pl having :1 spout thereon, pm 1 35;;

the tube flange.

2. A self closing faucet comprising a' faucet barrel having a spout thereon, said faucet barrel having a shoulder in the in nor wall thereof beneath said spout, a plunger mounted in said barrel, a handle pivotally attached to the upper end of said plunger o reciprocally move the same, a double ended reversible valve seat tube having a flange thereon to bear on said shoulder around said plunger, an inner barrel around said plunger within said faucet barrel having an opening tosaid spout, a top nut to hold said inner barrel and valve seat tube flange against said shoulder, a valve on said plunger seating" on the lower end of said valve seat tube, a flange on said plunger, and a coil spring in said inner barrel engaged by said flange on said plunger at its upper end and engaged by said valve seat flange at its lower end to resiliently hold said valve against said valve seat tube.

3. A self closing faucet comprising a barrel having a vertical opening therein and a spout extending out therefrom, a shoulder in the inner wall of said vertical opening beneath said spout, a reversible valve seat tube having a flange to bear on, said shoulder, 9. top nut to close the top of said faucet barrel having an opening therethrough, an

inner barrel extending from said top nut to said valve seat tube flange to hold said valve seat tube in position on said shoulder, a combined *plunger and valve stem extending down through the opening in said top nut and said inner barrel'and said valve seat tube, a flange on said plunger, a coil spring in said inner barrel bearing against said plunger flange at one end and against said valve seat tube flange at the other to normally hold said plunger in its valve closing position, a valve on said valve stem to seat on said valve seat tube, and a handle on said plunger to operate the same.

.4. A faucet comprising a faucet barrel having a shoulder in the inner wall thereof between its ends, a reversible valve seat tube having a flange seating on the barrel shoulder, a valve engaging with the seat on one end of the tube, and a guide for the valve removably secured on said end of the tube the latter being reversible to present the seat on the opposite end thereof for engage- I ment by the valve. p

5. A faucet comprising a faucet barrel, a movable valve therein, a valve seat tube arranged in the barrel for reversal of position whereby the valve may seat on either end and having the end portions threaded, and a removable valve guide arranged in the barrel for ,threadedly engaging an end of the tube.

6. A faucet comprising a faucet barrel, a movable valve therein, a reversible valve seat tube arranged in the barrel for having the valve seat on its lower end, and a member removably secured to the lower end of the tube and constituting a housing and guide for the valve.

7. In combination with a faucet having a vertically movable valve and a pivoted han dle connected thereto, of a removable bracket connected to the faucet and having a part overlying the handle, and a setting screw supported by the overlying part of the bracket and bearing on the handle for adjusting the normal position of the valve.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN T. MARSH.

Witnesses:

A. SANDBERG, Ivan E. NORDSTROM. 

